Elephant hawk-moth

Spot illustration for a piece on night pollinators.

Editorial

Client
Sunday supplement
Use
Spot illustration
Medium
Ink and watercolour on cotton paper
Size
A4
Year
2026

A two-day turnaround for a weekend supplement. The moth came to the studio light the night before the deadline, which is the kind of luck editorial work runs on.

The willowherb was drawn afterwards from a stem in a jar, to give the moth something to hold.